Similes, Metaphors and Idioms
What does "elbow grease' mean in this sentence?
Henry really put some elbow grease into fixing his bicycle.
a. pride
b. money
c. effort
What is C. effort
Which word is a synonym for 'babble'?
a. chatter
b. ornament
c. confuse
What is A chatter
The nurse can page the doctors if there is an emergency.
In which sentence does "page" have the same meaning as above?
a. A knight's page took care of his armor and helped him put it on.
b. Every page of the book had another beautiful photograph.
c. Please page Mrs. Stevens and ask her to meet us in the lobby.
What is C Please page Mrs. Stevens and ask her to meet us in the lobby
Which word in the following sentence contains the prefix that means 'again'?
We'll reheat the leftovers and have them for dinner tonight.
a. reheat
b. leftovers
c. tonight
What is A reheat
"Micro' is a root word that means...
a. measure
b. tiny
c. see
What is B tiny
What does 'E-ticket ride' mean in this sentence?
Rafting through the rapids was an E-ticket ride!
a. electronic game
b. exciting adventure
c. expensive trip
What is B exciting adventure
"Ponder" is a synonym for which word
a. puddle
b. think
c. beater
What is B think
Which word fits in the following sentences?
"If you're cold, wrap yourself up in a _____________.
'During wintertime, snow will________ the ground."
a. blanket
b. towel
c. bury
What A blanket
What does the suffix '-like' mean in words like 'lifelike' and 'dreamlike"?
a. without
b. the study of
c. similar to
What is C similar to
What does the root word 'audi' mean?
a. vehicle
b. hear
c. unusual
What B hear
Does the following sentence contain a simile or metaphor?
The children's laughter bubbled up like soda pop
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. neither
What is A simile
Which word is an antonym for 'ecstatic'
a. delirious
b. static
c. unhappy
What is c unhappy
Which word fits in both sentences?
"After exercising all afternoon, Sandra was________."
"The drummer ______ on his bongo."
a. beat
b. tired
c. played
What is A beat
What does the prefix 'post-' mean in the words 'postwar' and 'postscript"?
a. against
b. after
c. inside
What is A against
The root word 'graph' most closely means...
a. writing
b. math
c. distant
What is a writing
Which simile makes sense in the following sentence?
In their colorful summer dresses, the girls looked_____.
a. as hard as diamonds
b. as pretty as field of flowers
c. as tall as mountains
What is B as pretty as field of flowers
"Abundant' is an antonym for which word?
a. gigantic
b. scarce
c. pendant
What is B scarce
Which word fits in both sentences?
A hawk_____ high above the meadow, watching for any movement.
Unlike many other insects, ______ have only one pair of wings.
a. soars
b. flies
c. hovers
What is B flies
What does the suffix '-ism' mean in words like 'patriotism' and 'realism'?
a. without
b. in the manner of
c. the science of
What is B in the manner of
What root word goes with 'tele-" and 'mega-' and means "sound'?
a. graph
b. phone
c. gram
What is B phone
a. deal with unpleasant results
b. audition for a concert
c. sit in the front row
What is A deal with unpleasant results
Which antonym for 'locate' goes in the sentence?
If you _____ a library book, you will have to pay a fine.
a. keep
b. destroy
c. lose
What is C lose
What does the word "glare' mean in the following sentence?
"The glare hurt my eyes. so I put on my sunglasses."
a. angry stare
b. helmet
c. harsh, bright light
What is C harsh, bright light
Which word in the following sentence contains the prefix that means 'in front;?
"Nelson bumped his forehead on the vice-principal's microscope when he bent over."
a. forehead
b. vice-principal
c. microscope
What is A forehead
The words 'dentist' and' dental' come from the root word 'dent.' What does 'dent' mean?
a. smash
b. tooth
c. doctor
What B tooth